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November 28, 2012

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

Title: Fall of Giants

Author: Ken Follett

Genre: Historical Fiction

Source: Bought

Published:Signet (September 4, 2012)

Type: Mass Market Paperback

ISBN:9780451232854

Synopsis of Book:A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the
mining pits.…An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new
career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House.… A housekeeper for the aristocratic
Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud
Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in
love with a German spy.…And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically
different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war,
conscription, and revolution.From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the
glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms
of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes
us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century
that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again.…

Why I read this book: I really liked this author’s book:
Pillars of the Earth and World Without End so I thought I would try this series
as well.

What I liked: I liked the historical part of this
book. I also really liked Ethel and Maud.

What I didn’t like: For me this book had some very dry
parts and I wish it would have had just a little less in depth talk of the war
and a little more about the characters lives.

Overall Impression: I was so looking forward to reading
this book that when a friend mentioned reading it I said I will read it with
you. Well I was disappointed in this book. To me there were quite a few dry
spots. I liked that they talked about the war and I learned a lot about it but
the way it was done was very hard for me to get thru at spots. I enjoyed
reading about the characters. The author did a great job in making them seem
real. My two favorites were Maud and Ethel. They were both very strong women in
their own right. I liked how Ethel was able to rise from her “class” and get
some things done for all women. I also liked Grigori – he was a very nice guy
who just wanted to do right by everyone and his brother was horrible and kept
causing problems for him. I also liked how Germany, England, America and Russia
were all intertwined in the book and the author told how each country was
involved in WWI and how things happened after the war. I am going to give this
book 3 stars.

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